Famous Viking Archive

Erik The Red: Famous Viking Outlaw Who Colonized Greenland And Was Father Of Leif Erikson

AncientPages.com | June 16, 2020

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Erik the Red was a famous Viking today remembered for colonizing Greenland and being the father of the great Viking explorer Leif Erikson. Credit: Adobe Stock

Famous Viking Warrior Eric “Bloodaxe” Haraldsson: King Of Norway

AncientPages.com | September 29, 2016

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Erik Haraldsson (885 - 954), nicknamed Eric Bloodaxe, was a 10th-century Norwegian ruler. He is thought to have had short-lived terms as King

Famous Viking Ragnar Lodbrok – Legendary Fearless Sea-King Of The North

AncientPages.com | April 24, 2016

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - There are many stories about the famous Viking Ragnar Lodbrok. He was not an ordinary pirate but a legendary and fearless Sea-King who